Name: Ain't Like the Movies
Duration: P00H04M36S
Description: Single 2

Ain't Like the Movies

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Single 2

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this sure ain’t like the movies. this sure ain’t like i thought.
sweet perspectives lifted, bestow the suspicion,
i’ve had this all wrong.
no one said it’d be easy. but i never asked.
lilacs to fall mums, every season dies young,
annual epitaphs.
i’m not who i expected. i am not who i planned.
self destructively optimistic,
a compulsive romantic of a man.
but you remind me of something.
like it’s always been here.
cold rain, mortal coil, 2 stroke engine oil,
dark liquor, or fear.
but it all, falls down.
hollow psalms from hallowed sounds.
(the distance here, from grace, astounds).
yes. it all falls down. in the end.
i got 10 on my 20. 20 on my 10.
i know you better now, but you sure as hell, knew me
better then.
cause i’ve seen the gravestones. bouquets run aground.
assured in despair, but goddammit i swear,
i still see you around.
this sure ain’t like the movies. or the books that i read.
where i was told i’d find beauty, i found tethered loosely,
spent roses instead.
this is not about movies. this is not about plans.
these chains round my throat, as far as chains go,
feel a lot like my hands.

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released May 3, 2019
Words and music and guitar: Benjamin Doerksen
Vocals: Tom Schiks, Rose Brokenshire, Julie Neff
Banjo: Tom Schiks
Bass: Evan McCosham
Drums: Cam MacDonald
Keys and Organ and Synth: Paddy Horrigan
Fiddle: David Poulin

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